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Key Awards & Achievements

Smt Urmila Sathyanarayanan is a former member of the Governing Board of the Kalakshetra Foundation, Thiruvanmyur, Chennai. Smt Urmila Sathyanarayanan is on the Governing Body of the South Zone Cultural Centre. The Government of India awarded her scholarship and later a grant for the production of "Bharathi's Dream of An Independent India"; She is also in the ‘outstanding’category of Bharatanatyam artists empanelled by the I.C.C.R., New Delhi. She is an ‘A Top’ grade artist of the Doordarshan Kendra.

Here's a list of some of the Awards & title that have come in Urmila’s way during her career. 

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  • 2019 Naatya Padhmam given by Brahma Gana Sabha

  • 2018 Nrithya Kala Nipuna given by The Mylapore fine arts club

  • 2017 Lifetime Achievement Award given by Karthik Fine Arts

  • 2016 Best Natyacharya Award given by Indian Fine Arts

  • 2015 Sathya Nrita Sundaram Award given by Bharathanjali - Smt Anitha Guha

  • 2015 Guru Sreshta Award given by Rotary Club of Madras North West

  • 2014 Bharatha Kala Rathna given by Trinity Arts Festival Of India

  • 2012 Shri Obul Reddy Senior Dancer Award given by Narada Gana Sabha Natyarangam

  • 2009 Best Natyacharya Award given by Indian Fine Arts Society

  • 2006 Chennai Television Viewers Award given by Chennai Television Viewers Association

  • 2005 Padma Sarangapani Award given by Padma Sarangapani Cultural Academy

  • 2003 Vani Kala Sudhakara given by Thyaga Brahma Gana Sabha

  • 2003 National Eminence Award given by Shanmukhananda Sabha Mumbai

  • 2003 Nitya Gandharva Jothi given by Shantananda Swami, Kasi

  • 2002 Natya Ilavarasi given by Tamiz Sangam, Toronto

  • 2001 Nritya Choodamani given by Sri Krishna Gana Sabha

  • 1998 'Aditya Vikram Birla Kala Kiran Puraskar given by Governor of Maharastra

  • 1997 Kalaimamani given by Tamil Nadu State Government

  • 1996 Nadanamamani given by Karthik Fine Arts

  • 1993 Yuva Kala Bharati given by Bharath Kalachar

  • 1995 Yuva Kala Bushani given by Shankarabharanam Trust

  • 1992 MGR Award given by Madras Music Academy

  • 1991 1st Price Dance Competition given by Indian Fine Arts Society

  • 1990 Vasanthalakshmi Narasimhachari Award given by Narada Gana Sabha

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